TBR: Museum Books

Written By Emma Anstee

I have a long list of books on my TBR (to-be-read) pile. Many are museum related so I thought it might be interesting to share them with you, and also help to keep me accountable to actually reading them. I’m always keen to add more to it though, so please let me know in the comments if you have any suggestions for me.

  • The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution by Dan Hicks

  • The Museum Curator’s Guide: Understanding, Managing and Presenting Objects by Nicola Pickering

  • Inside the Lost Museum: Curating Past and Present by Steven Lubar

  • Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums by Amy Lonetree

  • Museums in Britain: A History by Christine Garwood

  • How to Write about Contemporary Art, Gilda Williams

  • The Curator’s Handbook by Adrian George

  • Museums Matter: In Praise of the Encyclopedic Museum

  • Thinking Contemporary Curating by Terry Smith and Kate Fowle

  • How to Start and Run a Commercial Art Gallery by Edward Winkleman and Patton Hindle

  • Curators: Behind the Scenes of Natural History Museums by Lance Grande

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